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The Rangatira leaves for Wellington at 1 p.m. to-morrow. "Nemo.'" I —Your- letter about "Encouraging a New Enterprise" is rather too strong for our columns. • The Customs Revenue at this port for the month ending 28th Febiuary, 1871, amounted to £1,482 18s Bd. " Plagiarism." said our Hastings--street contemporary, last night, " is oneot the worst faults a journalist.can commit." We quite agree with him. He then insinuates that the Times has been, guilty of the offence We deny the charge, and challenge hirn to produce some proof other than what the editor some time since so happily described as his own " diseased imagination."

N.Z.—Your letter will appear tomorrow.

Resident Magistrate's Court.— The following cases came before the Court yesterday. (We quote from the Herald this morning) :— Symes v. Dr. Russell— Plaintiff sued for Ml 7s 4d, for boat hire. This case was settled out of Court by Captain Wallace. The defendant stated that he had been. wrongfully summoned, and wished to know if he could not obtain redress for loss of time in attending the Court. The magistrate declined to give the information required. Topping v. Stewart. —An action to recover £,7 13*j 7d, for goods supplied. There was no appeal ance of either party, and the case was adjourned till Tuesday next, 7th March. Horsfall v. G. E. *Read —This was a case of perjury. Mr Wilson attended for the defendant, and Mr G. E. Lee, instructed by Mr Maddbck, for the plaintiff. There was no appearance of the defendant. Mr Wilson informed his Worship that he had advised him not to appear unless a warrant was issued for his apprehension. The magistrate raised objections.to ccmsel appearing, us it was a preliminary enquiry, and said he was empowered to exclude the public—After considerable argument on both sides, and various Acts had been quoted, Mr Wilson formed the Magistrate that a .similar case was being conducted in Dunedin at which counsel was allowed to appear. At the same time he did not doubt the power of the Magistrate to exclude the public aud hold the enquiry private, but it was something new to this place, never having been acted upon before by the Resident Magistrate. —Mr Lee applied for a warrant for the apprehension of Capt. G. E. Read,—The Magistrate then adjourned the Court until 1 p.m., to consider if he had power or jurisdiction. On the re-assembling of the Court, at 1 p.m., Capt. Read appeared in custody of the police, under a warrant issued by the Resident Magistrate during the adjournment. The Magistrate objected to and refused to have counsel in the Court during the enquiry, except as spectators.—Mr Wilson stated •that 11»is proceeding wa> contrary to all precedent in the colony of New Zealand. It was certainly a new thing to this Court, and lad never been acted, on before.—Mr Maddock endorsee! Mr Wilson's remarks. He also asked for authority to be shewn to exclude counsel from the enquiry.-*-His Worship regretted that the case had not been tried in Auckland, where the alleged perjury was committed. He then ruled that this case could be tried in the District Court, and adjourned the Court until 2 o'clock, so that a preliminary inquiry could be held before two Justices of the Peace. The case was resumed at 2 o'clock, before T. Tanner, Esq., and S. G. Brandon, Esq., J.P, and lasted till half-past 7 p.m. Numerous witnesses were heard on both sides, but the evidence is too voluminous for any attempt at reporting in this issue. The case was dismissed.

The Southern Cross of the 23rd contains the following:— lv may be remembered that at the Auckland Temperance Alliance Soiree held on Friday .evening lctst, a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to K. J Creighton, Esq., for the action he took in the Provincial Council to give women the power to vote on the public sale of liquors in this province. The following letter has since been received from Mr Creighton, by one of the members of committee : "Auckland, February, 1871.- Sir,—l have the honor to request that you will do me the favor of conveying ray acknowledgments to the committee of the Auckland Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic, for their invitation to Friday evening's soiree, and my regret at not being able to attend You will further oblige me by expressing my high appreciation of the vote of thanks to myself, proposed and seconded by two ladies, tor the amendment introduced by me in the Licensing Act, conferring the right to vote for the suppression of the liquor traffic on females. I thought that this was preeminently * a woman's question,' and ihat any law fs'hich embodied the permissive prin-

ciple, and ignored their right to vote, would he imperfect. lam glad to say that the amendment was carried without H,division, the only opposition offered heing a solemn protest from one gentle man, who conceived that the whole round of woman's duty lay within the 'domestic circle,' I think it is extremely probable that the General Assembly will be frmted to consider a Licensing Bill for the whole colony during the next session. In that case, the Act of the Auckland Provincial Council will be a useful precedent ; and the public and emphatic approval of the clause conferring the right to vote on females, at your interesting meeting on Friday, will not be without its effect. Indeed, I see no good reason why the principle should not be carried much further. I see no sufficient reason for withholding the elective franchise from females. They are subject to the same laws, and contribute to the revenue in like manner, as males; they are on the average quite as intelligent, and there can be no reason to doubt that they would exercise the franchise quite as honestly as men. Why, therefore, should they be prohibited from voting for those who are to make laws for their governance 1 So far from apprehending any confusion from conferring the elective franchise on females, [ think much good would result from it, and one immediate good would be the creation of a healthy public opinion before which many cherished abuses would rapidly disappear. It remains for your association to prov'e that the large powers conferred on the adult population of the province by the Licensing Act are exercised with moderation and discretion. Proof of this will go far towards removing all opposition to the Association. To attain this end I think T may safely anticipate that the influence of the female portion of the population will be mainly directed and, if lam correct in my anticipation, success is certain.—l have, &c, R. J. Ceeighton." The Morning Advertiser thinks that from the moment the first step was taken towards Paris from Sedan the Genius of King William deserted him. Yet how tempting the promise that drew him on ! The armies of France were conquered; the greater part pri. soners, the rest demoralised, scattered, and put to flight. Accounts from Paris, and the previous character and demeanour of that city, encouraged the Germans in the belief that at the very sight of their victorious and at the first sound of their trumpets Paris would surrender herself a graceful and graceless but facile prey. But the King and his advisers made a wrong calculation. Paris has astonished him, them, the world, and herself. She is stronger than ever, and probabl) provisioned for a period long after the powers of endurance of the besieging army have commenced to fail. What a wonderful story—what a romance of history and war ! It is possible that both Emperors—for such we ma} call the King of Prussia now—may be pri soners in each other's territory. He of Prussia mav possibly ere long stand in a position similar to that of Napoleon 111. after his first defeats, with a victorious nation closing round him for the death-grapple, and with revolution in Fatherland. For the French, disputing the advance of Ihe Prussians mile by mile, and yielding only to stand again at bay strewing the fields and roads with their own and German corpses, have by their desperate and prolonged resistance brought it to this, that the German armies are sensibly diminishing and being worn away by constant engagements. The roads, too, are heavy in France at this period. At iea-t two months ago, Dr. Russell spoke ominously of his Crimean experience, of bad roads when heavy guns and supplies had to be brought up. But what were six miles at Balaklava compared with three hundred now? Jt is a terrible and significant fact that the last levy or ban of the Landwehr has been made in Germany to supply the ravages of war in the German ranks.

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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 956, 1 March 1871, Page 2

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Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 956, 1 March 1871, Page 2

Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 956, 1 March 1871, Page 2

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